Abby Johnson

• Johnson is an IU SLIS graduate and a public librarian in New Albany, IN. She is probably most prominent for her blog "Abby the Librarian" which does heavy traffic on the Internet.Abby also links out to her Twitter, Goodreads, and Library Thing accounts. Her blog has a ton of handy tags, but she is most prolific when it comes to book reviews followed by the not-so-close second, information on programs.
• This tool was actually recently helpful to me when discerning possible activities for a Titanic program at Sullivan Public Library. Abby's blog helped me to drum up some ideas and to plan an interactive timeline activity that is somewhat similar to Johnson's timeline portion of her program.
• Lisa Champelli initially recommended Johnson's blog to me when I was researching blog posts before I created my own blog entries over at the MCPL "Oh The Thinks You Can Think" blog.

Mary Voors

• Mary is the Children's Librarian at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne. In addition to her duties as a children's librarian, like storytelling, she also blogs for the ALSC (Association of Library Services To Children). While she is a well-known librarian within the state due to her contributions to ALSC her online archive features a ton of helpful columns, including "Member Profile" interviews with prominent librarians across the country, posts about awards and conferences, and columns about programming ideas for public libraries.
• I actually use the ALSC blog fairly often, because I follow the blog on Twitter. Although Mary is just one cog in the wheel, the way she writes is extremely approachable.
• Christina Jones at MCPL recommended Voors to me when we were discussing notable storytellers in the state.

Pamela Martin-Diaz

• Pamela Martin-Diaz also works for the Allen County Public Library although she is a branch manager and not a children's librarian. In addition to her duties as a children's librarian, she is a key resource for public librarians who are interested in the Every Child Ready to Read initiative. In fact, Indiana Public libraries based the Every Child Ready to Read initiative on a key work Martin-Diaz wrote with the help of librarian Saroj Ghoting. You can read more about the program at the state library site. Saroj Ghoting has a site, but some of the links are dead. However, to learn more about the practices within the book, start at Ghoting's site or check out the Every Child Ready to Read online presence.
• When creating a program based on Every Child Ready to Read guidelines, Christina Jones pointed me to Martin-Diaz's book, called Early Literacy Storytimes @ your library: Partnering with Caregivers for Success. I used this book for creating a few initial programs during my internship.
• As stated prior, MCPL librarian Christina Jones pointed me toward Martin-Diaz's breakthrough text.

Phil Eskew

• Phil Eskew is a former librarian at Monroe County Public Library and an affiliate instructor at IU's School of Library and Information Sciences. He teaches readers advisory and genre fiction and he has put together a helpful site for students and those located in Indiana to get the best readers advisory information possible, replete with links.
• I use Eskew's site nearly every time I work at a reference desk and have done so since introduced to the website in Eskew's SLIS class.
• Phil Eskew himself made me aware of the Readers Advisory Link Farm.

Megan Maurer

• Megan Maurer is an Indiana State Library liaison. She acts in the western part of the state. Her areas of expertise include children's materials and Evergreen Indiana. Maurer drives around the state keeping up with her district and occasional speaks at conferences and in webinars throughout the state.
• I have not needed to use Megan Maurer as a resource, yet; however, when she spoke in my 671 course she offered herself as a go-to person and seems pretty happy and available to answer any questions about Indiana libraries.
• Megan Maurer came and spoke in my 671 class. SLIS instructor Kym Kramer put together the presentation and hooked us up with her as a contact.